Thousand Guineas 2022
Wednesday October 12, 2022
Ladbrokes Tip: The Thousand Guineas Prelude is the key Thousand Guineas lead-up
The Thousand Guineas is a mile feature held at Caulfield Racecourse in early to mid-October every Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival for three-year-old fillies and is worth a lucrative $1 million in prize money.
It was previously one of four Group 1 features on Caulfield Guineas Day before being moved to the following Wednesday in 2021 as its own feature race day alongside three Group 3 events including the Blue Sapphire Stakes , Ladies’ Day Vase and Coongy Cup for Caulfield Cup hopefuls.
The 1600m set weights features was first run in 1946 and from 1988 – 2013 also took place on a Wednesday during the Spring Carnival. It has held elite level status since 1979 and notable Thousand Guineas winners include Wenona Girl (1960), Alinghi (2004), Miss Finland (2006) and Atlantic Jewel (2011).
The better fillies out of the Thousand Guineas may continue on to take on the older mares in Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m), a race the 2020 Thousand Guineas winner Odeum ran second in.
This season the 2022 Thousand Guineas runs on Wednesday October 12, 2022.
2022 Thousand Guineas Results
The official Thousand Guineas 2022 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Wednesday October 12, 2022.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Thousand Guineas Race Info
- Date: Wednesday October 12, 2022
- Track: Caulfield Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
- Status: Group 1
- Prize Money: $1 million
- First Run: 1946
Thousand Guineas Betting
Thousand Guineas betting is hugely popular each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and is dominated by in-form fillies coming via the traditional lead-up runs into the Group 1.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude top three place-getters always feature highly up the Thousand Guineas betting markets, as do those fillies drawn near the inside with just one Thousand Guineas winner having jumped from wider than barrier nine since 2004.
Favourites high up the Thousand Guineas odds have an excellent recent record in the mile feature too with five saluting for the punters from 2008 – 2016.
The favourites were back on top in the 2019 Thousand Guineas results with Flit ($2.35) saluting as the top elect, the last favourite to win.
There was a notable upset in 2021 however with Yearning winning at a $26 Thousand Guineas starting price.
2022 Thousand Guineas Odds
The season’s top Thousand Guineas 2022 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.
Thousand Guineas Field
The Thousand Guineas field attracts a line-up of the season’s best middle-distance fillies with either a winning record up to 1400m showing the potential to run out a strong mile, or those already proven over the 1600m distance.
The Thousand Guineas final acceptances are released on the Monday before the race runs on a Wednesday after Caulfield Guineas Day with the early nominations closing at the start of August.
2022 Thousand Guineas Field
The official Thousand Guineas 2022 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing Victoria on the Monday of race week.
2022 Thousand Guineas Nominations
The early Thousand Guineas 2022 Nominations are taken on August 2, 2022 and are set to attract over 200 fillies. The field is then determined after First & Second Acceptances in September.
2022 Thousand Guineas First Acceptances
The 2022 Thousand Guineas First Acceptances close on September 6, 2022 and will be published in full below as soon as announced.
2022 Thousand Guineas Second Acceptances
The 2022 Thousand Guineas Second Acceptances further narrow down the potential line-up and are announced on September 20, 2022.
Thousand Guineas Tips
Top Thousand Guineas tips include looking for any fillies that may have recently been running against the colts and geldings that are coming back against their own kind, backing the proven milers in the race that may have contested Sydney’s Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) and those drawn in barriers 1 – 9.
2022 Thousand Guineas Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Thousand Guineas 2022 betting tips and Caulfield racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the fillies to back and sack in the Group 1 this spring.
Thousand Guineas Form Guide
The Thousand Guineas form guide features all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the mile showdown including the saddlecloth number, barrier, trainer and jockey of all the fillies in the field.
Looking for a runner drawn between barriers 4 – 6 is a good tip as these gates have produced the most winners in recent years, while just two winners have jumped from double digits in the past decade with Serious Speed (10 in 2007) and Amphitrite (15 in 2018).
Since 2008 six last start winners have gone on to win the Thousand Guineas including Guelph (2013) who took out the Flight Stakes – Thousand Guineas double, subsequently completed by Global Glamour (2016). Before her the last Thousand Guineas champ to come via the other Group 1 was Yosei (2010) who ran sixth in the Flight Stakes before winning the Thousand Guineas as a 10/1 chance.
Thousand Guineas Form Facts
- Serious Speed (2007) was the last winner to jump from a double-digit Thousand Guineas barrier before the success of Amphitrite (2018) from the outside alley (15)
- From 2006 – 2021 seven favourites in Thousand Guineas betting have saluted for the punters
- In that time five Thousand Guineas winners started at double-figures with Yosei ($11 in 2010), Commanding Jewel ($10 in 2012), Aloisia ($14 in 2017), Amphitrite ($13 in 2018) and Yearning ($26 in 2021)
2022 Thousand Guineas Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Thousand Guineas 2022 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Thousand Guineas Results
The Thousand Guineas results and finishing order are announced on the Wednesday after Caulfield Guineas Day when the event headlines the midweek race card at Caulfield Racecourse. As well as the Thousand Guineas winner, successful trifecta and first four you can also see the starting price and margin of all the runners as well as any scratched horses.
Notable recent Thousand Guineas winners include: upset 2017 Thousand Guineas winner Aloisia (2017), Global Glamour (2016), Guelph (2013), Atlantic Jewel (2011) and Miss Finland (2006).
Thousand Guineas Winners
| Year |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
Time |
| 2022 |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
| 2021 |
Yearning |
Elusive Express |
Barb Raider |
1:37.5 |
| 2020 |
Odeum |
Personal |
Instant Celebrity |
1:36.2 |
| 2019 |
Flit |
Missile Mantra |
Southbank |
1:37.1 |
| 2018 |
Amphitrite |
Fundamentalist |
Seabrook |
1:35.6 |
| 2017 |
Aloisia |
Shoals |
Alizee |
1:36.2 |
| 2016 |
Global Glamour |
I Am A Star |
Whispering Brook |
1:36.8 |
| 2015 |
Stay With Me |
Jameka |
Badawiya |
1:35.8 |
| 2014 |
Amicus |
Traveston Girl |
Sabatini |
1:36.4 |
| 2013 |
Guelph |
May’s Dream |
Gregers |
1:37.7 |
| 2012 |
Commanding Jewel |
Dear Demi |
Zydeco |
1:37.1 |
| 2011 |
Atlantic Jewel |
Mosheen |
Sharnee Rose |
1:35.8 |
| 2010 |
Yosei |
Heartsareforlove |
Brazilian Pulse |
1.39:8 |
| 2009 |
Irish Lights |
Melito |
Faint Perfume |
1:38.8 |
| 2008 |
Gallica |
Cats Whisker |
Glowlamp |
1:38.6 |
| 2007 |
Serious Speed |
Extension of Time |
Antarctic Miss |
1:36.3 |
| 2006 |
Miss Finland |
Permaiscuous |
Cheeky Choice |
1:37.2 |
| 2005 |
Mnemosyne |
Rewaaya |
Serenade Rose |
1:36.3 |
| 2004 |
Alinghi |
Hollow Bullet |
Ballet Society |
1:37.1 |
| 2003 |
Special Harmony |
Hinting |
Spurcent |
1:36.4 |
| 2002 |
Macedon Lady |
La Bella Dama |
Fuji Dancer |
1:36.4 |
| 2001 |
Magical Miss |
Ha Ha |
Li Lo Lill |
1:37.0 |
| 2000 |
All Time High |
Ponton Flyer |
Tanith |
1:36.3 |